The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-29
BASE BALL OVER WITH.
THE SAVANNAH CLUB DIsBANDS
AND THE TEAM RELEASED.

Lack of Support the Cause OF It's Fail
ure-The Association in Debt and
the Club Carried by the Directors
$4,000 Sunk in the Enterprise-Ef-
feet of Savannah's Withdrawal on
the League.
There was a rumor on the street last night
that the Savannah Base Ball Club had dis
banded and would play no more games. 1t
fioated around in an aimless, underlined way
and for awhile nothing could be learned
that would give the report shadow Of
foundation.
A few Of the players gathered in the
rotunda of the Marshall House and
the break was the subject Of their CONVEX
sation. There was a sort of desperate humor
about the way they pictured the pleasures
OF walking home, but on the whole they
took the matter very coolly. President
Haas was found at his residence and was
asked if it was true that the club had dis
banded
YES, he replied, 81 am sorry to say it
is true"
what was the immediate causeT'
"Well, the whole thing boiled down is
simply this: The people of Savannah have
signified by their attendance, or rather their
| non-attendance. that they do not care for
base ball, and it is useless to try and force
upon them what they do not want"
CAUSE OF THE BREAK UP.
Financial difficulties, of course, caused
the disbandmentr
Eyes. Savannah would not support the
team and it had to go under. The directors
have been carrying it for ten days, but they
| do not propose to repeat their experience Of
last year. Then we each lost $500. Two of
us will lose nearly as much
this year, and the others and
the stockholders will lose some
| thing. A base ball club cannot be run
on nothing. We are under an expense of
| and unless our receipts exceed that we, as q
| club, cannot run. When we are on the road
| we sustain a dead loss Of PLAYERS
| salaries. Our guarantee just about paid
| our travelling expenses, but we made moth
ing with which to pay the players. For the
| last week or ten days the receipts have not
averaged more than $40 in excess of the
guarantee. The visiting clubs guarantee
of S65 has to be paid, and the balance
of tho receipts we keep, but, as / said, our
share has not averaged $40 game, and day
before yesterday the excess was only 40c.
Now, how is anyone to support a club that
cost $40 when the people won't do any more
than thatl
PLENTY OF ADVICE BUT NO MONEY.
1--WE have had plenty of advice from the
public. The people have all told us to
| strengthen up, but when we asked how much
sinew they would furnish they said Good
evening We have not disbanded without
making an effort to put the club on its feet
We have been to the merchants and promi-
nent men, and we have got $500 where we
| needed $1,000 They will give their advice
| free, but they will not put up any money!
chow much will the club lose ~
1--WE deposited with the league forfeit
| fund of 81 900; then we bad $3.50 voted to
| us when Mobile failed to appear at Birming-
| ham, and when Mobile disbanded we got
| $500, our portion of their forfeit All that
we will lose, besides what the directors have
paid out in the last ten days.
"What do the debts amount TOP
about all that we owe is to the players
| There are some debts outside of that, but |
don't think that they amount TO much over
$50"
THE CLUBS INDEBTEDNESS.
"What is the total indebtedneSsw
Between $500 and $500, Think
"Will all these debts be paids"
sob, yes. The stockholders and directors
will pay all that
The club will play no more games will
| itr
mo more schedule games, but an exhi-
bition game will be played on Monday for
the benefit of the players. Some of them
have drawn all their money in advance and
have not got cent. Those that have money
will go home after that game, and we want
to raise enough to start the others off,"
"Have the men been releasedp'
| Before we broke up we released Dur
meyer to Charleston. Charleston has been
very kind to us, and we wanted to do what
we could for them"
THE FINAL COLLAPSE.
The collapse of the team was not sur
prise to those who heard it last night: in
fact, those who have watched the career of
the club have been wondering what has kept
it together so long. This is the second season
| of professional base ball in Savannah, and
both years the club wound up with catas-
| trophe before the season was over 1t is
not likely that Savannah will NEEDLE with
base ball again very soon. What effect
Savannah's withdrawal will have on the
| league remains TO be seen.
In its present shaly condition it stands
about as good a chance of going TO pieces as
it does of pulling through the season.
| Memphis will probably leave tonight or
tomorrow morning.
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